Truth or Cherry Picking: A Statistical Approach to Chiastic Intentionality

Title

Truth or Cherry Picking: A Statistical Approach to Chiastic Intentionality

Book Title

Chiasmus: The State of the Art

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Year of Publication

2020

Authors

Edwards, Boyd F. (Primary), and Edwards, W. Farrell (Primary)

Editors

Parry, Donald W. (Secondary), and Welch, John W. (Secondary)

Pagination

311–317

Publisher

BYU Studies/Book of Mormon Central

City

Provo, UT/Springville, UT

Abstract

The only way to know for sure about the intentionality of a chiasm is for its author to state whether he intentionally applied the chiastic form during composition. In many cases of interest, no such statement exists, and scholars are left to assess intentionality using only the text of the chiastic passage itself. To this end, several scholars have proposed criteria for evaluating chiasms, and we have introduced statistical tools for such evaluations.

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Subject Keywords

Chiasmus
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